Music video HOTLINE by The Sylvers. Extended version. A disco dance hit back in 1976. The Sylvers were a popular R&B/soul and disco family group during the 1970s. The group was from Memphis, Tennessee. Names: Foster, Olympia, Leon, Charmaine, James, Ricky, Angelia, Patricia and Edmund. Lead singer Edmund Sylvers, died of lung cancer on March 11, 2004 - Richmond, at the age of 47. He is buried at: Holy Cross Cemetery [section F, T-3, Grave 48] Culver City - Los Angeles County, California.